In the MMO shooter Destiny, Bungie discusses the story-based expansion “Rise of Iron”.
In “The Dawning of the Iron Lords,” you receive plenty of new gear, new missions, new locations, and enemies, along with an elaborate story. You accompany Lord Saladin in the fight against a rising threat and learn a lot about the Iron Lords, in honor of whom the monthly PvP event “Iron Banner” is held.
Community Managers from Bungie, DeeJ and Eric “Urk” Osborne, comment on the story-based expansion.
“The Dawning of the Iron Lords” aims to tell a great story
According to Osborne, Destiny is currently doing really well. However, the call for more content from the community is hard to ignore. Guardians want to learn more about the lore, the story, and the characters in this world.
Osborne comments:
In “Rise of Iron,” the main focus is to tell a great story and provide players with tons of things to do in this world. It is literally an expansion of the story and the world of Destiny.
There will also be a variety of quality of life improvements that they will discuss later.
DeeJ points out that they have had the luxury of listening to the community for almost two years now, which has changed their entire approach to developing Destiny:
Now that we know who the Guardians are, and now that we understand what drives our audience to play this game, and what our community really loves about it, we can cling to and build upon these things – through such expansions.
Since the beta, Iron Banner has become a phenomenon: People are curious about the backstory of Lord Saladin. Who is “Felwinter”? Why do I have a machine gun named after “Jolder”?
Bungie wants to give players what they want. The studio primarily sees “entertainment” as their goal, but – or perhaps precisely because of this – creativity and art should also be reflected in Destiny.
Before the launch of Destiny, the developers wandered around “in a vacuum” contemplating what should come next. Many ideas and “core pillars” were discussed. After the release, however, they could also lean back and observe what people actually wanted from them. These desires can now be integrated into the development process.
We are excited to see if “The Dawning of the Iron Lords” will deliver everything we wish for in Destiny. For many Guardians, the hype train is already in full swing.
What we already know about “Rise of Iron” in Destiny can be found here.
